Artist description South Florida Guitarist

Music Style Jazz/Fusion

Musical Influences Miles Davis,Weather Report,Allan Holdsworth

Artist History Frank Axtell 2002 With over two decades in the music industry, Frank Axtell is a renowned guitarist, composer and teacher and is a major contributor to the south Florida jazz-fusion scene. He performs with his own jazz ensemble, The Frank Axtell Group. Most recently, he has performed with other artists such as The Larry Marshall Project. He was chosen as a featured soloist at the Berks Jazz festival in Reading, PA. He toured extensively in the mid 80s along the Atlantic coast & has recorded on the West Coast at San Franciscos The Record Plant. Thankfully he has decided to make south Florida his home. Frank graduated from the prestigious Berklee College of Music in Boston. He has always taken his continuing course of musical evolution seriously, learning from prominent guitarists Vincent Bredice, Joe Diorio, Scott Henderson, and Jack Wilkins. In 1990-91 Frank served on the faculty at Miami Dade Community College and has taught guitar and electric bass at The Academy of Fine Arts in West Palm Beach. He performs guitar clinics and teaches guitar and electric bass at Mars Music, West Palm Beach. Currently, with over sixty private students, Frank also owns and operates his own multimedia studio Digital Soundscapes. Frank produces many local artists in addition to composing and engineering. An impressive list of live venues include: The Riviera Beach Jazz and Blues Festival / Arturo Sandoval and Ed Calle City Place/Jazz Series,WPB, FL The Breakers, Palm Beach, FL PGA National Resort, Palm Beach Gardens, FL Tobacco Road, Miami, FL The Aventura, Miami, FL The Stadium, Tampa, FL Magic Kingdom, Orlando, FL Jazz on the Avenue, Delray Beach, FL Uncle Charleys Marin County , CA Berks Jazz Festival, Redding, PA The Button South, Hallendale, FL Sunfest, WPB, FL City Limits, Hallendale, FL The Patricia, Stockholm The Rat, Boston, MA Jazid, South Beach, FL Miami Metro Zoo/Molly Hatchet, Miami, FL The Catalina Club, Boynton Beach, FL The Candy Store, Ft. Lauderdale, FL Penrods, Ft. Lauderdale, FL Art Stocks Playpen, Ft. Lauderdale, FL Club Safari, Palm Beach Gardens, FL Aquaterra, Palm Beach, FL The Stadium Lounge, Tampa, FL Opened for Robert Palmer, Pensocola FL Opened for Rick Derringer Stage East, Stuart, FL The Four Seasons, Palm Beach, FL The Ritz Carlton, Manalapan, FL Tre Amici, Boca Raton, FL Cruzans, Boca Raton, FL The Waterway Cafe, Palm Beach Gardens, FL Sprazos, Jupiter, FL Airport Hilton, WPB, FL Jamestown Cigar Co., WPB, FL Bimini Bay, WPB, FL The Underground Coffee Works, WPB, FL Restaurant 1325 Jupiter, FL The West Village Tavern 521 Clematis St. WPB, FL The Sailfish Club, Palm Beach, FL Franks comprehensive body of recorded material includes original compositions in the jazz, rock R&B, hip hop, rap, classical, world beat and smooth jazz veins. He is a sought after session guitarist because of his versatility and talent for producing and arranging. He has written radio jingles for clients such as Florida.net, The Institute of Laser Vision, and audio for web. design for Ocwen Realty Advisors. His professional longevity is a monumental credit to his ability to progress artistically with changing musical tides throughout the past two and a half decades. Franks latest independently produced CD Perfectly Frank can be ordered at his web site: http://www.frankaxtell.com

Instruments Guitar

Albums Frank Axtell

Location Lake Worth, FL - USA

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